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Gated communities redefine Bulawayo's residential landscape
Once considered exclusive enclaves for the elite, gated communities are rapidly transforming the urban fabric of Bulawayo, introducing new standards of security, lifestyle, and legal property ownershi...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:42hrs | 5115 | by Staff reporter
Court clears ZAPU official of contempt of court charges
Andrew Ndlovu, the ZAPU National Secretary for Security and Internal Affairs, who had been facing contempt of court charges after his arrest in April of this year in connection with a property dispute...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZPRA commander speaks on arrest ordeal
A former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) regional commander Andrew Ndlovu, says he was dumped in Harare with no food and transport following his arrest in Bulawayo over a property dispute....Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF land baron in court for violence
Zanu-PF land baron Munyaradzi Nyamukondiwa was yesterday granted $20 000 bail by a Harare magistrate after he was arrested at the weekend for inciting public violence in Mabvuku.The violence r...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Apostolic sects pledge to support Zanu-PF in 2023 elections
APOSTOLIC sects have pledged to vote for Zanu-PF in the 2023 harmonised elections saying the ruling party's ideology supports home-grown solutions, which they are firm believers of. The country would ...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gomba's bid to quash charges flops
A BID by former Harare mayor Herbert Gomba and his two co-accused to quash charges against them for corruptly altering an approved layout plan before allocating it to another user, has failed after th...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man loses 5 cars in botched stands deal
A 35-year-old land baron has been arrested on allegations of defrauding a city businessman of five vehicles worth over US$86 000 in exchange for five residential stands in Westlea, Harare.It t...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare mayor wants graft charges dropped
FORMER Harare mayor Herbert Gomba wants the courts to throw away the charges against him of corruptly altering an approved layout plan before allocating it to another user sometime last year, saying t...Published: 20 May 2021 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister Kagonye back in court
Investigations into the case of former Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Petronella Kagonye, who is facing six counts of fraud, theft and criminal abuse of office charges, is expected to be comple...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kagonye hit with 6 corruption charges, granted $30,000 bail
Former labour minister Petronella Kagonye was freed on bail Tuesday after she was charged with four counts of fraud, one of theft and one of criminal abuse of office as a public officer.The 43...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 14:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC-led council show true colours
THE year2020 will go down in the history of the MDC-led Harare City Council as the worst under its leadership. The year exposed existing massive corruption, land scams, leadership crisis, arre...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:18hrs | 3 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Gomba fraud case further remanded
FORMER Harare mayor Herbert Gomba, who faces a land-related fraud charge, yesterday had his case further remanded to October 7 to allow for finalisation of the investigations.Gomba was arreste...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makamba, Mnangagwa's son-in law bury hatchet
PROMINENT Lawyer Gerald Mlotshwa and businessman James Makamba are said to have resolved their differences over the Empowerment Corporation (EC) 40% shareholding in Telecel Zimbabwe which a cabinet mi...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 12:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
James Makamba in trouble
A war veterans group - Magamba Echimurenga Housing Trust (Magamba) - has dragged businessman James Makamba and nine other entities to the High Court demanding an order barring the tycoon from continui...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 06:34hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa linked organisation headed by a fugitive 'receives threats' from Cabinet ministers
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has said it is receiving threats from Cabinet ministers and political interference from high profile individuals, which have hampered its investigations...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Housing Trust ordered to pay $119 000
The Quard Housing Trust in Zimbabwe has been ordered to pay the LLLG Contractors and Engineering Private Limited the sum of $119 000 which it owes on purchase of 80 housing stands.LLLG Contrac...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 07:23hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Anti-corruption blitz targets Wicknell Chivayo and other bigwigs
Government is on a major anti-corruption operation, with investigators raiding ministries, parastatals, Harare City Council and housing co-operatives last Thursday and Friday.In 2015, Presiden...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:25hrs | | by Brian Chitemba
Govt bans housing co-ops
Government has stopped allocating land to developers and housing co-operatives with immediate effect, while all servicing and housing development on State land will be done by the Urban Development Co...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 05:20hrs | 3 | by Innocent Ruwende and Farai Mukuwane
Double allocation of housing stands triggers brawl
Members of two housing cooperatives in Kadoma engaged in a brawl last Friday during a meeting at Pixie Combie after they discovered that there were double allocations for some stands.The warri...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Ellah Mukwati
Government gives 102 youths residential stands
The Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing has given 102 youths residential stands as part of Government's youth empowerment programmes.This comes after youths in Mufa...Published: 01 Jan 2016 at 00:44hrs | | by Ivan Zhakata
Energy Mutodi 'covered up' four deaths
HARARE - An ex-manager in Energy Mutodi's property development firm has said the businessman used home seekers' money to cover up an accident that killed four people from the same family in Gutu....Published: 18 Jun 2014 at 14:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Minister raises President Mugabe boot-licking bar
HARARE - Officials in President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party have a clear idea of how to get ahead.They have adopted a time-honoured strategy for getting what they want - flattery.Br...Published: 01 May 2014 at 11:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
14 govt directors in land scandal
Fourteen Lands and Rural Resettlement ministry directors and officials allegedly abused Government's non-monetary incentives scheme for civil servants by allocating themselves 37 hectares of comme...Published: 07 Apr 2014 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man masquerades as Chihuri's envoy
A 41-year-old real estate employee who attempted to outwit police officers at a roadblock along Gweru-Bulawayo highway by claiming that the Mercedes Benz he was driving belonged to police commissioner...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 12:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Bogus' Chihuri driver arrested
A 41-year-old Harare man who claimed that the car he was driving belonged to Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri when he was stopped at a roadblock in Mbembesi recently, was arrested for imp...Published: 31 Dec 2013 at 04:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
NUST assisting Housing Trusts to cheat its employees?
The so-called NUST Umguza Housing Scheem Taskforce which was appointed by workers after they realized that they have been cheated into believing that R. Dube, who is the NUST Workers Committee chairpe...Published: 12 Nov 2013 at 09:08hrs | 3 | by NUST Employee
Energy Mutodi remanded in custody
FLAMBOYANT Rhumba musician Energy Mutodi (34) on Monday appeared before Mutare magistrate Noah Gwatidzo facing fraud charges involving over US$6 million through his housing project.He was deni...Published: 02 Aug 2013 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mutodi's car goes under the hammer
Flamboyant businessman-cum-musician Energy Mutodi saw one of his cars go under the hammer at Ruby's Auctions in Harare over the weekend. A Nissan Elgrand (registration number ACA3716) belongin...Published: 25 Feb 2013 at 21:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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